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As a paediatric dental practice, Happy Kids Dental knows that if we want to reverse the rise of tooth decay, we need to join forces with educators in our community. So we've created an entertaining and fun free workshop and theatre show for local schools, promoting the benefits of oral hygiene and healthy habits for children. #happykidsdental#oralhealthpromotion#toothwizard#plaqueman

After attending a conference on improving oral health in Timor Leste last weekend, I’m more motivated than ever to return to the country to volunteer and improve overall health outcomes starting with oral health and nutrition. The people of Timor Leste are beautiful souls, many of whom live in such remote locations with little access to health care. I look forward to joining other passionate colleagues in Timor Leste in December! (Reposted photo from a visit to the remote village of Hatu Builico a couple of years ago) . . . . . #hatobuilico#remote#timorleste#oralhealthpromotion#volunteer . Taken on #sonyalpha#sonya7ii#zeiss55mm edited with #lightroommobile

As today marked the World Diabetes Day, let's enlighten eachother on this maths a little. Do you know poor oral hygiene makes diabetic control difficult? And people with diabetes are more susceptible to periodontal disease, due to their low resistance to infection? Now you know. It is important to look after your oral health and control your blood glucose levels to prevent gum disease. It is a two-way street. Treating gum disease helps to improve blood glucose levels in people living with diabetes, and people with optimal blood glucose levels respond very well to dental treatment. Now go educate your folks with diabetes. Good smile, great health. #diabetesawareness#oralhealth#oralhealthpromotion#kanodentist#dentist#dentistry#oralhygieneinkano#healthydiabetics

I get called a lot of times to be asked "Dr, my gums are red, I see blood when I brush, sometimes with pain or itching even, what do I do?" Gum disease, known as Gingivitis in the medical realm, is inflammation of the gum tissue. This is commonly caused by bacterial plaque (those milkish, sandy to green coloured stuff on the surface of the teeth), formed by food debris accumulated over time and bacteria in the mouth. This bacteria act on the debris and release some by products that then affect the gums. Making the gums red, swollen, friable n bleed easily. Sometimes pain is experienced and mouth odour. This if unchecked, can lead to a bigger disease called periodontitis and loss of teeth. What to do? 1. Visit the Dentist for check up and professional scaling and polishing. 2. Maintain proper oral hygiene (brush twice daily, morning and night). 3. Floss at least once daily. 4. Warm water and salt rinse may be initiated. 5. Some medications may be prescribed as well (always get prescriptions from the Doctor only). 6. Follow up on scaling and polishing every 6 months with your Dentist. #photocredit: google images #oralhealthpromotion#gums#gumdiseases#gingivitis#kanodentist#sabiriya#kano#dentist#dentistry#oralhygieneinkano#oralhealthpromotioninkano

Do you happen to do this? Oh cm'n, I know lots of us do 😉. I did, before I was a medical student though 😁. Bottle opening happens to be one of the commonest causes of tooth fractures of varying degrees especially among the young population. Though falls and RTA account for more. This could be without symptoms in mild forms, but symptoms could vary from sensitivity, to pain on chewing or release of bite, with associated headaches. What to do? 1. Visit the Dentist for proper evaluation. An x-ray is usually taken to confirm this and guide treatment. 2. Anti-sensitivity toothpastes could be prescribed. 3. Fillings can be done to close up the fractures (lil complex sort of). 4. Ultimately, the tooth may be extracted. Good news, dentures and bridges can be given to replace the missing tooth/teeth. Most importantly, avoid using your teeth for such activities. Stay safe, healthy and beautiful.😊 #oralhealth#dentalhealth#teethfracture#sabiriya#dentistry#bottleopening#kanodentist#oralhealthpromotion

Good Monday morning Kano and everyone. So I thought, we've been talking about #oralhealth all this while, and I believe it will be better if we go back a little and see what this #oralhealth means even. There's a lot of misperceptions about dentistry being a profession of "only the teeth"... According to FDI, "Oral health is multi-faceted and includes the ability to speak, smile, smell, taste, touch, chew, swallow and convey a range of emotions through facial expressions with confidence and without pain, discomfort and disease of the craniofacial complex." Basically your first impressions, your successful daily activities with friends and family, your ability to utilize the basic survival fuel (food) is all thanks to your good oral health. Thus the need for taking care of it. #oralhealthpromotion#kanodentist#oralhealth#sabiriya#FDI2018

‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world 🌍 ‘ - Nelson Mandela - - - In November I will be educating children and adults in the villages of India on oral health awareness and you can help contribute to making a difference ❤️ donate to the link below: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/smilesof-therainbow Or if you work in practice and are willing to donate toothbrushes, toothpastes, disposable materials then please DM me! #smilesoftherainbow#oralhealthawareness

🏎 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Like fast cars and keen for a family day out? Come along to the #soarandroarfestival on 9th December. We will be volunteering there and doing oral health checks and education. It’s for a good cause, raising money for Special Olympics Australia - see you there 😊

HOPE is an emotion- ‘a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen’. Should we ever have to ‘Hope’ that our basic oral health needs can be met? Gambia touched my heart a few years ago as a dental student 💞 - - - I vowed when I was qualified I would never forget the reason why I became a dentist and I would use my knowledge and skills to help make a difference to people who need it most 🙏 - -In November I will be going to India to use my skills to the most deprived communities in Punjab. I aim to to give out as many economical oral health packs to as many adults and children as I can and any donations would be appreciated! https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/smilesof-therainbow Sanskrit meaning of ASHA is -hope, wish, desire Arabic- alive Hebrew- happy We should aim to make these communities happy, alive and hopeful ❤️ #donateinbio#getinvolved#smilesoftherainbow

This has to be the most stressful part of my day both morning and evening. Getting littlest bubs to let me brush his teeth. Eldest bubs is great but she knows what can happen to her teeth if she doesn't look after them. I've shown her the picutres I've told the horror stories I've seen and I get her in for a check up as often as I can. Is her diet perfect no its far from it but I think if I can educate her about #oralhealth brushing her teeth twice a day and #flossing then we have some hope of her never needing a filling. Littlest bubs on the other hand well I can't tell him the horror stories just yet I don't want to turn him off the dentist or make him afraid of going. So I'm trying every trick in the book. Reward charts, stickers and I buy him any toothbrush I think he will use hence the collection. We don't use the spiderman one as its way to big for his mouth but he likes to hold it while I use a different one on his teeth. I absolutely love #kin products I often use the progressive whitening and the sensikin myself. As I have said before im not an influencer so this is NOT an ad. I only talk about products I use because I like them or I really dislike them😆. My two love the kin fluor kin range, its great for the prevention of caries and they like the strawberry taste. I got these samples from our kin rep but you can get it in most chemists for about 5euro. How are your littles when it comes to brushing their teeth? Have you any tips? #dentalnurse#oralhealthpromotion#oralhygiene#dentalhabits#dentalhygiene#dentaleducation#notanad#notanininfluncer#kidsdentalhealth#dentaltips#kin#kinproducts#mylittlelife#mystyle#honestmama#lifestyle#irishmammy#irishmam#irishmom#irishmama#workingmama#lookingafterlittles#motherhood#toothbrush#toothpaste#goodhabitsstartyoung

SUGAR SHOCKER In this 500g yoghurt drink there is 55g of sugar = 13.75 TEASPOONS OF SUGAR! On the back on this drink, it says "Typical Values per 100g"..However, this bottle is 500g in total, therefore every value must be multiplied by 5. It is important that everyone understands the Nutritional Information on the products we are buying. Thanks @thetoothfairyie for this fact!

Health Promoting Schools: Happy to be part of this project which was organized by the department of public health dentistry at Amrita. A health promoting school is one that constantly strengthens its capacity as a healthy setting for living, learning and working. We used the developed HPS accreditation system having various domains in Government Model Residential School Pookode, Kalpetta Kerala (Tribal School). Three days (Jan19th -23th 2017) program consisted of assessment of HPS accreditation and demonstration of the components of the HPS to improve over one year by School. #healthpromotingschools#oralhealthpromotion#publichealthdentistry